Speeds on Strava

[Soltydog]

Hi all,

I've been looking at some of the segments on Strava and some speeds on downhill sections. I was suprised to see that on certain routes near me some were hitting over 50mph. I've gone through some of these at 40mph and thought if I miss-judged a corner I'm in trouble. Also to add a lot of these segments go through 30 zones. Surely even at 40 the stopping speed on a road bike is terrible? Plus going downhill would make stopping harder.

Back to the OP, if it's a short segment, then it's probably a GPS glitch. Last sunday I went on a club ride on my single speed, my max recorded speed for the ride was 33.6mph downhill, however on a 0.1mile segment I recorded a time of 18 seconds, 1 second of the KOM & my average speed was 37.4mph https://www.strava.com/activities/391250019/segments/9371051273 . I may not be the brightest button on the jacket, but even I realise that my average speed can not be higher than my maximum speed on a ride, however if I get a KOM I'll take it